support for custom indexes

[wanderer]

It would be nice to be able to specify custom indexes. so for example index: "customIndex" the string customIndex would get passed along to the adapter.

If the index was a bool then the current behavior would hold.

[particlebanana]

I'm cool with that. Any thoughts on how we can do composite indexes? I struggled with that in the initial build and couldn't think of a nice way to express it in a collection so I left it out.

[wanderer]

yeah composites are tricky. I would be happy a new option indexes which could be an array of objects. Maybe like so..

indexes:[
//a composite index
{
   attributes:  ['attribute1', 'attribute2' ...]
   unique: boolean
},

But then what if we needed a composite index With custom indexes?

indexes:[
//a composite index
{
   attributes:  [
        {
            name: 'attribute1',
            type: '2dsphere'
        },
        {
            name: 'attribute1',
            type: 'hash'
        }
   ]
   unique: boolean
}
]

A bit messy but i think anyway you do its going to get a bit ugly. What do you think?

[sschepens]

what about having support for concurrent indexes (postgres) or background (mongo), etc?

[CWyrtzen]

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[RWOverdijk]

What happened with this? It's been closed but I have no idea if this got implemented or not.

Update: If not, I'd like to propose allowing unique to be a string. The string will be used for the index key, making it possible to group them. This would apply to both index and unique.

[CWyrtzen]

It will eventually be pushed to Trello as a FR.

[0xgeert]

I've seen multiple issues closed like this the past days.
I realize getting a low 'open issue count' is something to strive for, but
closing without any back-and-forth really isn't the solution.

May I suggest to at least leave a note as to why an issue is going to be
closed?
Moreover, if the issue is moved to Trello as a FR, how about linking to the
Trello Card of the FR before closing, so the issue isn't lost in void?

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wrote:

It will eventually be pushed to Trello as a FR.

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[CWyrtzen]

@gebrits we understand your concern and possible frustration. Thanks for your participation in the support community! This particular issue did have some discussion but, as you see was referenced in January and then trailed off. As you probably already know, closed issues are still searchable. Also, you are welcome to reopen ANY issue and restart a discussion if you feel we have closed it prematurely. That gets the conversation going again. On other issues you have seen, we do our best to reach out to the OP before we close up but that doesn't mean it can't be reopened.

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[CWyrtzen]

Also, the FR milestone stays intact so they can be searched that way, too. (If you find one where this is not the case it was just a clerical error)~

[tjwebb]

When I google for waterline issues or features, I never see Trello in the search results. I always see github. It's annoying and confusing to have two places to discuss and report issues and features.

Morever, the link you posted is returning 404 for me: https://trello.com/c/4ApPbu5C

[RWOverdijk]

The link isn't working indeed, verified. It's probably a private board, or it has been moved by now.

@tjwebb Cards on Trello can be moved / renamed etc. So it doesn't make sense to show up in google. I do agree that it's annoying to keep track of these things in two different places.

[CWyrtzen]

@tjwebb and @RWOverdijk YES, good catch. We recently stopped using the Trello board and my new signature as of a few days ago removes this as an option. We are still honing the best way to respond to the needs of the community. Right now IRC Channel and Stack for support questions and GitHub for FR and Bugs are our main forums.

I know it can be frustrating when you need immediate help. I can tell you that we work as diligently as possible to respond in a timely manner. The needs of the community are important to us~

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[RWOverdijk]

To anyone googling and ending up here, I recommend IRC. I'm active at least 10 hours a day (work week, weekends a lot, too) and there are others that are really actively there as well.

I've decided to start blogging about FAQ in the channel as an archive.

[tjwebb]

IRC communication is ephemeral, which has the effect of making an ostensibly "public" conversation inaccessible to everyone who doesn't happen to be right there on that IRC channel at that time. This is especially problematic for a global community spanning many time zones. It leaves people out of the conversation.

This issue right here is certainly a feature request. Continuing the discussion here ensures that Googlers who end up here end up in the discussion, which is probably what they wanted anyway.